Romo Is What He Is

          People have asked why I haven’t written an angry, anti-Romo rant since yet another “stunning” season-ending loss for the Dallas Cowboys. I received the most texts and messages about a sporting event after Sunday night since the Red Sox beat the Yankees in the 2004 ALCS (for anyone in New England, that was the ultimate call your friends and family moment involving a sports team). The general public seemed genuinely surprised that Dallas could lose another game like this. My response…have you been watching this team for the last six and a half years?

            After seeing the same outcome occur several different ways, you become conditioned to expect it. Tony Romo has been conditioning Dallas fans for gut wrenching losses ever since his infamous botched snap in Seattle. The next year it was the home-playoff loss against the Giants (which hurt the most, because that was the most talented Cowboys team of the Romo era), followed by the week 17-blowout loss in Philadelphia that ended their 2008 season. The only thing to expect when Romo is under center is the unexpected. I was genuinely shocked when he dropped the snap in Seattle, but only mildly irritated when he throw an errant pass into the flat against Washington. Romo is what he is, and to expect any more of him is foolish.